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Waterbombing aircraft skimmed the river Seine as firefighters struggled to contain a forest blaze south of Paris raging into its third day on Tuesday amid a spreading heatwave that has ...

The BBC warned its current funding model was not sustainable to fund its public broadcasting mission in its annual report on Tuesday, highlighting the gap between the number of users ...

Some 500 soldiers from the “Coalition of the Willing” backing Ukraine marched down Paris’ Champs-Elysees on Tuesday in the annual Bastille Day parade, in what France said would be a symbol ...

Iran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. air base in Jordan on Tuesday and the United States attacked Iranian targets for five hours in a battle for control of ...

One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab ...

A heatwave and the men’s World Cup drove up consumer spending in Britain ​in June, according to data published on Tuesday. Barclays ‌and the British Retail Consortium said the ...

Cyprus was one of 11 European countries which, alongside the European Union, pledged a total of €41.7 million worth of what was described by the European Commission as “new contribution agreements” for ...

A person was killed on Monday in a shooting involving U.S. immigration agents in Maine, a top state lawmaker said, days after a man was fatally shot by a ...

A wildfire tore through a historic forest near Paris on Monday, forcing highway closures and mobilising water-bombing aircraft, while Spain’s death toll from one of its deadliest wildfires rose ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf and would ensure the Strait of Hormuz stays open after the ...

The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Monday of launching airstrikes against the international airport in Sanaa, and vowed to retaliate. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya ...

British counter-terrorism police officers are now leading the investigation into the suspected murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe, interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Monday. Widdecombe, 78, was found ...

The European Commission and more than a dozen countries launched an initiative on Monday to deliver €883.6 million ($1 billion) in aid projects to help Gaza recover from war. The small coastal ...

Western allies will seek to secure more air-defence commitments for Ukraine when they meet in Paris on Monday, as shortages have left it increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, despite ...

New Zealand actor Sam Neill died suddenly on Monday at the age of 78. after recovering from cancer, his family said in a statement. Here is some reaction to the news: ...

The European Union will move to limit young children’saccess to social media across the 27-member bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, in what would ...

An explosive fire at a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok killed 27 people and injured dozens more, officials said on Monday, after obstructed emergency exits hindered patrons choking on smoke ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he planned to replace Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko after only a year in office, triggering the resignation of the government. Zelenskiy did not ...

Syria’s new parliament convened for the first time on Sunday, 19 months after rebels led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad, a milestone in the country’s political transition ...

A Cypriot-flagged ship was “blatantly attacked” by Iranian forces while attempting to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, the United States’ defence department’s central command said on Sunday. It explained ...

Qatar’s former emir, who revolutionised Qatar out of its Bedouin background to a regional powerhouse, has died at the age of 74, the nation’s Amiri Diwan, its top government ...

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill after Trump became president, ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday she did not regret her efforts to forge close ties with US President Donald Trump, despite a series of public disagreements that ...

Firefighters in Spain’s southeastern Almería province attacked one of the country’s deadliest wildfires on Saturday, an emergency services chief said, while more villages had been evacuated as ...